The state government has announced plans to upgrade New South Wales to a high risk jurisdiction, forcing approved travellers to return a negative test and provide proof of vaccination.
Perth-based Proteomics International has partnered with the University of Melbourne and the Royal Women’s Hospital to develop a non-invasive blood test for endometriosis.
An incentive program to encourage vaccination providers to give aged care workers the jab has been released, while a WA aged care provider has organised its own in-house vaccinations.
The state government has urged anyone in Broome with COVID-19 symptoms to get tested as a precaution after weak traces of the virus were found in the town’s wastewater.
Biotechnology company Holista CollTech says it will defend allegations made by ASIC, including “misleading” claims about the effectiveness of its sanitiser spray against COVID-19.
Some operations at Fortescue Metals Group’s Cloudbreak mine have been suspended and Qantas has cancelled flights after a mine worker returned a weak COVID-positive result.
ASIC has launched legal action against biotechnology company Holista CollTech over alleged misleading statements, including claims about use of its spray against coronavirus.
Fortescue Metals Group has commenced contact tracing of up to 2,000 workers at its Cloudbreak mine after a maintenance contractor tested positive for COVID.
Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and its projects have won a $1.7 million grant from the state’s medical research fund, while UWA researchers will receive $1.2 million.
A further six crew members on board a cargo ship docked at Fremantle Port have tested positive for COVID-19 overnight, taking the total number of cases on the vessel to nine.
Four companies including VeinTech and Vision Pharma have been selected as finalists in the Great for the State category at the Innovator of the Year Awards.
Two unvaccinated healthcare workers are in hotel quarantine after potential exposure to COVID-19 during the transfer of a sick crew member from a Fremantle cargo vessel yesterday.
The state’s health department has launched a review of protocols at all major regional hospitals, as Mark McGowan urges New South Wales to get its COVID-19 outbreak under control.
